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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy recently announced the nomination of Lt. Colonel Sean Connolly of Hebron to serve as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs. Connolly currently works with Pratt and Whitney as the global ethics and compliance...

HARTFORD — With state income tax collections from Wall Street slower than expected, the comptroller is now projecting the state deficit at $101 million for the current fiscal year.Comptroller Kevin Lembo, a Democrat, said Monday that the state had been...

As the legislature examines Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposals to upgrade the state's highways, bridges, rail and bus systems, it must not neglect another important form of infrastructure improvement: Internet speed.
These days, providing access to the...

HARTFORD — The stark choices lawmakers are facing as they prepare to deal with budget deficits were made brutally clear Monday in discussions about Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed reductions in programs for state parks, fish hatcheries and pheasant...

HARTFORD — It might seem like low-hanging fruit, this idea of taking nine programs scattered over five departments and braiding them into a single agency focused on early childhood education, safety and family skills in Connecticut.But it didn't happen...

Advocates for charter schools are expected to turn out in sizable numbers for Tuesday night's hearing on the education budget before the legislature's Appropriations Committee.
"I'm taking a day off. I want to make sure my voice is heard," said...

Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano speaks fondly of the days when his dad was a primary care doctor in independent practice, running his patients' lab tests and performing mammograms in his office to make sure they got done.
"I think that era is...

Since Gov. Dannel P. Malloy unveiled his proposed budget, many state agencies and the University of Connecticut have cried foul. The budget cuts, they say, will devastate state services and possibly cause layoffs on a large scale.
What they are...

HARTFORD — Presidents and administrators at 16 private colleges in Connecticut are lobbying against the elimination of state scholarships for their students as proposed under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's state budget.
Malloy wants to cut $12.2 million in...

Sometimes when you make a mess, it seems that each new attempt to clean it up makes it even messier.
Evidence of that is a 180-degree reversal on Feb. 19 by the Connecticut State Employees Retirement Commission in its treatment of one of two government...

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budget chief defended the two-year, $40 billion proposed state budget before two legislative committees Thursday, telling each that difficult tax and spending decisions would be necessary while the state faces...

The front page of the Feb. 25 Courant has news about Wesleyan, John Rowland, the attempted Achieve Financial robbery and UConn -- all stories that may (or may not) deserve front-page coverage. However, I believe an article on the front of the...

The governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are joining together to look for ways to increase the region's reliance on renewable energy sources while also expanding natural gas capacity.
Under the plan, electric distribution companies in...

HARTFORD — For more than 20 years, the annual license renewal for about 15,000 employees at Connecticut's two casinos has been completed on paper.
That process has consumed huge amounts of time for the casinos and for state workers in the consumer...

HARTFORD — Due to a miscalculation, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed budget is now $54.5 million over the state's spending cap for the next fiscal year.
Malloy's budget office said Tuesday it is changing its calculation of the cap, which means the...

The Anthem data breach earlier this month compromised 1.7 million Connecticut residents, a total number reported for the first time Tuesday by the Office of the Attorney General.The data breach affected current and past members stretching as far back as...

Here's a depressing truism: Of the scores of thousands of undocumented immigrant students who graduate from American high schools annually, only a tiny percentage continue on to a higher education institution.
That's a huge waste of talent potential....